Heart

Question 1

Colonizer of the Heart

Answer 1

None

Question 2

Pathogens of the Heart

Answer 2

Staphylococcus aureus
viridans group streptococcus (VGS)
Streptococcus gallolyticus
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Group A Streptococcus (GAS),
Group B Streptococcus (GBS), 
Group C streptococci (GCS),
Enterococcus species.
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Haemophilus species, 
Aggregatibacter species, 
Cardiobacterium hominis, 
Eikenella corrodens, and 
Kingella species
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Coxiella burnetti

Question 3

Special Case Pathogens of the Heart

Answer 3

Escherichia coli,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 
Salmonella,
Bartonella, 
Brucella, 
fungal